Rethinking the economics of rural water in Africa
Rethinking the economics of rural water in Africa
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DOI：
10.1093/oxrep/grz036
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发表时间：
2020-03-01
影响因子：
6.8
通讯作者：
Foster, Tim
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作者：
Hope, Rob;Thomson, Patrick;Foster, Tim
非洲农村落后于为每个人提供安全饮用水的全球进展。数十年的努力和数十亿美元的投资取得了一定的成果，超过3亿缺乏基本用水的人承担了高昂但可以避免的健康和经济成本。我们探讨了为什么农村水是不同的社区，学校和医疗保健设施的规模，机构，需求和金融的特点。研究结果最后提出了政策建议，以（i）大规模建立农村服务网络，（ii）通过创造价值来释放农村支付，以及（iii）在国家和区域范围内设计和测试基于绩效的融资模式，以消除对未来可持续发展目标的需求。
Rural Africa lags behind global progress to provide safe drinking water to everyone. Decades of effort and billions of dollars of investment have yielded modest gains, with high but avoidable health and economic costs borne by over 300m people lacking basic water access. We explore why rural water is different for communities, schools, and healthcare facilities across characteristics of scale, institutions, demand, and finance. The findings conclude with policy recommendations to (i) network rural services at scale, (ii) unlock rural payments by creating value, and (iii) design and test performance-based funding models at national and regional scales, with an ambition to eliminate the need for future, sustainable development goals.